Jeng-Hun Matthew Lee
Ph.D. | Nanocomposite & Soft Sensor Researcher
Jeng-Hun Matthew Lee recently completed his alternative military service as a postdoctoral researcher at the Polymer Research Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), under the guidance of Prof. Kilwon Cho. Before joining POSTECH, he earned his Ph.D. at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) under the supervision of Prof. Jang-Kyo Kim. His doctoral research focused on developing soft multimodal sensors for electronic skin (e-skin) applications. His current research interests include a broader range of soft mechanical sensors and machine learning techniques optimized for e-skin applications.
About
Jeng-Hun Matthew Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow
Polymer Research Institutude,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Tel: +82 10 9980 8580 | Email: [email protected]
Experience
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow (Alternate Military Service)
Pohang University of Science and Technology | 2021 - now
- Advisor: Prof. Kilwon Cho
Graduate Researcher
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 2017 - 21
- Advisor: Prof. Jang-Kyo Kim
Market Researcher
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 2016
- Advisor: Prof. Jun Beom Kim
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 2015
- Advisor: Prof. Yi-Kuen Lee
Professional Experience
Financial Products Sales & Analytics Intern
Bloomberg L.P. | 2016 (summer)
Business Development Assistant Intern
ViroMed Co., Ltd. | 2014 (summer)
Leadership Experience
Hall Tutor for Undergraduate Residential Hall
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 2017 - 21
President of Korean Students' Association (KSA)
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 2016 - 17
Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 2017 - 21
- First Classs Honours
- Thesis: Electrospun Carbon Nanofibers and their Novel Applications as Soft Multifunctional Sensors
- Advisor: Prof. Jang-Kyo Kim
BEng in Mechanical Engineering & BBA in General Business Management
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 2012 - 17
- First Classs Honours
- Dean’s List (Fall 13, Fall 14 & Spring 15) / University Scholarship (Fall 14 - Spring 17)
Primary and Secondary Education in Australia
St Ives High School & Killara High School | 2005 - 12
- Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR): 98.95/99.95, Top 1%
Honors & Awards
Best Poster Award at Symposium SB10
Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting & Exhibit | 2024
BrainKorean21 Four (BK21 Four) Outstanding Paper Award
POSTECH & National Research Foundation of Korea | 2024
POSTECH Initiative for fostering Unicorn of Research & Innovation (PIURI) Fellowship
Pohang University of Science and Technology | 2023 - now
Hong Kong Ph.D. Fellowship
Research Grants Council of Hong Kong | 2018 - 2021
1st Place in Young Researcher Award
11th Asia-Australian Conference on Composite Materials | 2018
Research
Multimodal Sensing
An ideal soft sensory device should detect multiple stimuli—such as strain, pressure, and temperature—and differentiate between them, much like human skin. My research focuses on developing soft multimodal sensors with stimuli-decoupling capabilities. By designing subsensors selectively sensitive to target stimuli while remaining unaffected by others, and by integrating these subsensors into a single device, I aim to advance more comprehensive soft sensors for electronic skin (e-skin) applications.
Broadband Mechano-Acoustic Sensing
While most soft sensors developed to date can effectively detect quasi-static mechanical stimuli such as strain and pressure, they often show reduced performance—or even complete insensitivity—at higher frequencies, sometimes as low as a few tens of hertz. This limitation poses a significant challenge, as many vital physiological signals—such as pulse (1–1.5 Hz), heart sounds (10–250 Hz), voice (150–350 Hz), lung sounds (100–2000 Hz), and coughs (500–2500 Hz)—manifest as mechano-acoustic vibrations spanning a broad frequency range. To bridge this gap, I aim to develop soft sensors that combine high sensitivity to both subtle mechanical deformations and rapid, dynamic stimuli. By leveraging optimized device architectures and efficient transduction mechanisms, this work targets broadband mechano-acoustic sensing, enabling comprehensive monitoring across biomedical and human-machine interface applications.
PUBLICATIONS
(†: Co-first author | *Corresponding Author)
In Preparation
Journals
[J23] J.-H. Lee†, S. Yun†, K. H. Cho, K. Cho*. “Surface-Engineered Diaphragm for Enhanced Non-Contact Piezoelectric Powering of Wearable Capacitive Mechano-Acoustic Sensor.”
[J22] J.-H. Lee†, Y. Kim†, K. H. Cho†, Y. Chung*, K. Cho*. “Commercially Viable Wearable Mechano-Acoustic Sensing System for Intricate Voice Recognition.”
[J21] J.-H. Lee, K. H. Cho, S. Yun, S. Lee, W. Kim, Y. Kim, W. Moon, Y. Chung, K. Cho*. “Miniature Nanomesh Mechano-Acoustic Sensor with Wide Linear Dynamic Range, Broad Bandwidth, and Flat Frequency Response”
[J20] K. H. Cho†, J.-H. Lee†, S. Yun, S. Lee, S. Chung, W. Kim, Y. Kim, W. Moon, Y. Chung, K. Cho*. “Hyperpacked Piezoelectric-Powered Capacitive Sensor Array for High-Fidelity Vibration Detection.” (Submitted to Nature Sensors)
Published
Journals
2024
[J19] J.-H. Lee, K. Cho*, J.-K. Kim*. “Age of Flexible Electronics: Emerging Trends in Soft Multifunctional Sensors.” Adv. Mater., 2024, 36: 2310505. [Paper]
[J18] S. W. Kim†, J.-H. Lee†, H. J. Ko, S. Lee, G. Y. Bae, D. Kim, G. Lee, S. G. Lee*, K. Cho*. “Mechanically Robust and Linearly Sensitive Soft Piezoresistive Pressure Sensor for a Wearable Human–Robot Interaction System.” ACS Nano, 2024, 18: 3151. [Paper]
2023
[J17] J.-H. Lee†, K. H. Cho†, K. Cho*. “Emerging Trend in Soft Electronics: Integrating Machine Intelligence with Soft Acoustic/Vibration Sensors.” Adv. Mater., 2023, 35: 2209673. [Paper]
[J16] H. Zhang, H. M. Chen, J.-H. Lee, E. Kim, K.-Y. Chan, H. Venkatesan, X. Shen*, J. Yang*, J.-K. Kim*. “Mechanochromic Optical/Electrical Skin for Ultrasensitive Dual-Signal Sensing.” ACS Nano, 2023, 17: 5921. [Paper]
[J15] E. Kim, K.-Y. Chan, J. Yang, H. Venkatesan, M. H. Adegun, H. Zhang, J.-H. Lee, X. Shen*, J.-K. Kim*. “Engineering Anisotropic Structures of Thermally Insulating Aerogels with High Solar Reflectance for Energy-Efficient Cooling Applications.” J. Mater. Chem. A., 2023, 11: 7105. [Paper]
2022
[J14] J.-H. Lee, E. Kim, H. Zhang, H. M. Chen, H. Venkatesan, K. Y. Chan, J. Yang, X. Shen*, J. Yang, S. Jeon, J.-K. Kim*. “Rational Design of All Resistive Multifunctional Sensors with Stimulus Discriminability.” Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 32: 2107570. [Paper]
[J13] D. Liu, H. Zhang, H. M. Chen, J.-H. Lee, F. Guo, X. Shen*, Q. B. Zheng*, J.-K. Kim*. “Wrinkled, Cracked and Bridged Carbon Networks for Highly Sensitive and Stretchable Strain Sensors.” Compos. Part A Appl. Sci. Manuf., 2022, 163: 107221. [Paper]
[J12] J. Yang, K.-Y. Chan, H. Venkatesan, E. Kim, M. Adegun, J.-H. Lee, X. Shen*, J.-K. Kim*. “Superinsulating BNNS/PVA Composite Aerogels with High Solar Reflectance for Energy-Efficient Buildings.” Nano-Micro Lett., 2022, 14: 54. [Paper]
[J11] H. Zhang, H. M, Chen, J.‐H. Lee, E. Kim, K.‐Y. Chan, H. Venkatesan, M. H. Adegun, O. G. Agbabiaka, X. Shen*, Q. B. Zheng, J. Yang*, J.‐K. Kim*. “Bioinspired Chromotropic Ionic Skin with In‐Plane Strain/Temperature/Pressure Multimodal Sensing and Ultrahigh Stimuli Discriminability.” Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 37: 2208362. [Paper]
[J10] K.-Y. Chan, X. Shen*, J. Yang, K.-T. Lin, H. Venkatesan, E. Kim, H. Zhang, J.-H. Lee, J. Yu, J. Yang, J.-K. Kim*. “Scalable Anisotropic Cooling Aerogels by Additive Freeze-Casting.” Nat. Commun., 2022, 13: 5553. [Paper]
[J9] H. Zhang, X. Shen*, E. Kim, M. Wang, J.-H. Lee, H. Chen, G. Zhang, J.-K. Kim*. “Integrated Water and Thermal Managements in Bioinspired Hierarchical Mxene Aerogels for Highly Efficient Solar-Powered Water Evaporation.” Adv. Funct. Mater., 2022, 32: 2111794. [Paper]
2021
[J8] J.-H. Lee, H. M. Chen, E. Kim, H. Zhang, K. Wu, H. Zhang, X. Shen*, Q. B. Zheng, J. Yang, S. Jeon, J.-K. Kim*. “Flexible Temperature Sensors made of Aligned Electrospun Carbon Nanofiber Films with Outstanding Sensitivity and Selectivity towards Temperature.” Mater. Horiz., 2021, 8: 1488. [Paper]
[J7] H. M. Chen, D. Cho, K. Ko, C. Qin, M. Kim, H. Zhang, J.-H. Lee, E. Kim, D. Park, X. Shen, J. Yang, H. Ko, J.-W. Hong*, J.-K. Kim*, S. Jeon*. “Interdigitated 3D Heterogeneous Nanocomposites for High-Performance Mechanochromic Smart Membranes." ACS Nano, 2021, 16: 68. [Paper]
[J6] H. Zhang, D. Liu, J.-H. Lee, H. M. Chen, E. Kim, X. Shen*, Q. B. Zheng*, J. Yang*, J.-K. Kim*. “Anisotropic, Wrinkled, and Crack-Bridging Structure for Ultrasensitive, Highly Selective Multidirectional Strain Sensors.” Nano-Micro Lett., 2021, 13: 122. [Paper]
[J5] E. Kim, H. Zhang, J.-H. Lee, H. M. Chen, H. Zhang, M. H. Javed, X. Shen*, J.-K. Kim*. “Mxene/Polyurethane Auxetic Composite Foam for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Impact Attenuation.” Compos. Part A Appl. Sci. Manuf., 2021, 147: 106430. [Paper]
2020
[J4] Q. B. Zheng, J.-H. Lee, X. Shen, X. Chen, J.-K. Kim*. “Graphene-Based Wearable Piezoresistive Physical Sensors.” Mater. Today, 2020, 36: 158. [Paper]
[J3] H. M. Chen, J. Ying, J.-H. Lee, D. Liu, J. Kim, S. Chen, K. Huang, X. Shen, Q. B. Zheng*, J. Yang*, S. Jeon*, J.-K. Kim*. “Human Skin-Inspired Integrated Multidimensional Sensors based on Highly Anisotropic Structures.” Mater. Horiz., 2020, 7: 2378. [Paper]
2019
[J2] J.-H, Lee, J. Kim, D. Liu, F. Guo, X. Shen, Q. B. Zheng*, S. Jeon, J.-K. Kim*. “Highly Aligned, Anisotropic Carbon Nanofiber Films for Multidirectional Strain Sensors with Exceptional Selectivity.” Adv. Funct. Mater., 2019, 29: 1901623. [Paper]
[J1] X. Liu, D. Liu, J.-H. Lee, Q. B. Zheng*, X. Du, X. Zhang, H. Xu, Z. Wang, Y. Wu, X. Shen, J. Cui, Y.-W. Ma, J.-K. Kim*. “Spider-Web-Inspired Stretchable Graphene Woven Fabric for Highly Sensitive, Transparent, Wearable Strain Sensors.” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2019, 11: 2282. [Paper]
Conferences
2024
[C5] J.-H. Lee, K. H. Cho, K. Cho*. “Piezoelectric Nanomesh-Empowered Skin-Attachable Capacitive Auditory Sensor.” 2024 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall: SB10, Boston, USA, 2024.
[C4] K. H. Cho†, J.-H. Lee†, K. Cho*. “Skin-Attachable Capacitive Vibration Sensor Array with Non-Contact Piezoelectric Diaphragm and Novel Star-Shaped Structure.” 2024 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall: SB10, Boston, USA, 2024.
2023
[C3] K. H. Cho†, J.-H. Lee†, K. Cho*. “Fully Integrated Skin-Attachable Acoustic Sensory System for Real-Time IoT Applications.” 2023 The Polymer Society of Korea (PSK) Spring, Jeju, Republic of Korea, 2023.
2018
[C2] J.-H. Lee, Q. B. Zheng*, J.-K. Kim*. “Aligned Electrospun Carbon Nanofiber Films for Highly Stretchable and Sensitive Strain Sensors.” 11th Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (ACCM-11), Cairns, Australia, 2018.
2016
[C1] C. Zhao, K. Song, J.-H. Lee, S. Y. Jeong, L. Hu, X. Yu, H. Su, Z. Zhang, Y. Zohar, Y.-K. Lee*. “Capillary Number Effect on the Depletion of Leucocytes of Blood in Microfiltration Chips for the Isolation of Circulating Tumor Cells.” 2016 IEEE 11th Annual International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS), 346-349, 2016.